Check-rower for corn-planters



Patented 601;. 17, 1882 (No Model.)

S. R. ALLEE.

CHECK ROWER FOR CORN PLANTERS..

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N. PETERS. Pholo-Lllkwgnphur, Wahingmn. n. c

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Arena" SETH R. ALLEE, OF LYNNVILLE, IOWA.

CHECK-ROWER FOR CORN-PLANTERS.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,067, dated October17, 1882.

Application filed July 1, 1882. *o model.) v

To all whom' it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH R. ALLEE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Lynnviile, in the county ofJasper and State ofIowa, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Check-Rowers andCorn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a section on line am,Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are details.

This invention has relation to devices for governing the movements ofcorn -dropp'ing machines, in order that the hills may be planted withregularity; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofthe operating-wheel having radial pointed spokes, cirole-plate, andZ-shaped spur-plates connected thereto, the crank-shaft having thebevel-end dropping and setting arms arranged at right angles to eachother, respectively at the front and rear ends of said crank-shaft, theslotted adjustable markers, and the jointed finger or pointer, all asas'hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawii'igs, the letter A designates the frontportion of a planter-frame, and B the reciprocating rod thereon, whichoperates the seed-droppin g valves when moved by the lever O'.

D represents a rod, which connects the outer end of the lever U to thecrank-arm E of the shaft F, which is journaled in the arms a of abearing, 1), secured to the end of the cross-beam A, over the runner G.

To the shaft F, the axis of which is directed forward, are secured thearms 0 and d, respectively at the front and rear ends thereof, said armsextending transversely from the shaft, but at right angles to eachother, as shown in the drawings. The ends 0 of these arms are beveled onthe engaging side.

H indicates the spoke-wheel which operates themarkinganddroppingdevices.Thespokes g extend radially from the hub 11, and have their ends beveledto a transverse edge and shod with iron. Two of the spokes, which arediametrically opposite to each other, are proas shown in the drawings.

] vided with projecting markers 7;, which are L- shaped and slotted intheir vertical branches, so that they can be adjusted. nearer to orfarther from the points of the spokes, being secured in position bymeans of small clampscrews or bolts in the spokes.

To the back of the spoke-wheel is fastened a circle-plate, K, and-atdiametrically-opposite parts of this circle-plate are provided thedropping-spurs l, and in rear thereofthe settingspurs m. Preferablythese spurs are formed on Z-shaped plates N, which are secured in properposition to the circle-plate, or so that the dropping-spurs Z will bedistant from the spokes which carry the markers ninety degrees, or thequarterof a circle. The droppingspurs l project outward from thecircle-plate, and the setting-spurs m, which follow said dropping-spurs,extend inward from said plate, These spurs land at are designed,respectively, to engage the droppingand settingarmscand d of thecrankshalt F when the machine is in operation.

P represents a finger or pointer of sufficient length to project severalfeet from one side of the machine. It is formed with a stop-joint at r,so thatit can be folded and laid in a hookbearing, 8, when not in use.It is pivoted to the middle of the bar A by a staple, t, and when in useis unfolded and turned to the right, being then laid in the hook-bearings.

In operating a machine provided with these devices the shoe is setjustwhere the first hill is desired to be planted. Then the wheel H isturned until one of its dropping-spurs lengages one of the dropping-armscof the crankshaft, moving the latter, and thereby operating theseed-valve to discharge the corn. The machine is then driven across thefield, the markers marking every hill on one side of the planter. WVhenat the end of the field the machine is turned around and the pointerunfolded and laid over to project toward that side whichhas beenplanted. The machine having been moved forward so that the finger pointsto the last mark, the wheelH is turned until a discharge is effected.The-finger should then be folded and laid in its bearing, and the ma--chine is then ready to be driven across the field on the return trip. 7

This check-rower is simple in construction and effective in itsoperation. It is durable, and not liable to get out of order. In backingthe machine the spurs of the wheel H do not engage the arms 0 and (Z ofthe crank-shaft.

A spoke-wheel having its spokes provided with laterally-projectingmarkers and a disk provided with inwardly projecting studs for trippingand setting the dropping mechanism are notnew in this connection.Ajoiuted marker adapted to be turned so as to project from either sideof the machine has been used prior to my invention; but in thelast-mentioned no provision was made for folding, as in mine. Imakenobroad claimstothe constructionsabove described.

Having described this invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The operating-wheel H, havingtheradial pointed spokes g, circle-plateK, and Z-shaped spur-plates N connected thereto, substantially asspecified.

2. In a check rower, the operating spoke wheel H, having thedropping-spursl and the setting-spursm, following said d ropping-s 'mrs,

and the crank-shaft F, having the droppingarmscand the setting-arms d,arranged in rear thereof and at right angles thereto, substair tially asspecified.

3. The check-rower devices consistingot' the crank-shaft F, its arms 0and (I, the operating spoke-wheel H,its circleplate, and outwardlyturnedspurs l and inwardly-turned spurs m, its adjustable markers 7;, and thejointed finger or pointer P, substantially as speci lied.

4. In a check-rower, the combination, with the outwardly andinwardlyturned spurs land on of the operating-spoke wheel, of thecrankshaft and the bevel'end arms 0 and (1 thereof, arrangedrespectively at the forward and rear ends of said shaft and at rightangles to each other, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

SETH REED ALLEE.

'Witnesses:

J. M. BEYBURN, II. M. JOHNSON.

